Global impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health services: An international comparative study on primary care from the INTRePID Consortium

CONCLUSIONS: In-person SRH visits to primary care decreased during the pandemic. Virtual care seemed to counterbalance that decline. Although cervical cancer screening appeared insensitive to virtual care, strategies such as incorporating self-collected samples for HPV testing may provide a solution in a future pandemic.PMID:37935645 | DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.17704

Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - November 7, 2023 Category: OBGYN Authors: Kangning Peng Karen Tu Zhuo Li Christine Mary Hallinan Adrian Laughlin Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis Jemisha Apajee Mar ía Carla Lapadula Angela Ortigoza Cecilia Clara Da Roza Valborg Baste Signe Flottorp Knut-Arne Wensaas Lay Hoon Goh Zheng Jye Ling Robert K Source Type: research